Pip is a socialist who has seen the squalor of the East End, typified by greasy cafés offering 'chips with everything'. Pip is also the only privately-educated recruit in a draft of other National Service recruits. He's tried to buck the system by not applying for an officer's commission.
Guest Stars:
Tim Woodward, David Daker, Lloyd McGuire, Terence Budd, Karl Johnson
In rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new 'little minister' of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems, and they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and--worst of all--Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.
Guest Stars:
Helen Mirren, Ian Ogilvy, Peter Barkworth, Bill Simpson, Nicholas Jones
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Guest Stars:
Martin Shaw, Jeremy Brett, David Gwillim, Thomas Ellice, Lorna Heilbron
At the turn of the 20th century, a set of long-married couples discover that due to a bureaucratic quirk they have never actually been married.
Guest Stars:
Thora Hird, Patricia Routledge, Ronnie Barker, Eric Porter, Beryl Reid
Trilby, a young Irish girl in Paris, falls under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali.
Guest Stars:
Sinéad Cusack, Alan Badel, Bruce Purchase, Rosalie Crutchley
Guest Stars:
Dinah Sheridan, John Carson, Charles Kay, Edward Fox, Polly Adams
A quartet of mystery plays originally based in Chester.
Guest Stars:
Brian Glover, Keith Chegwin, Kevin McNally, Hilda Braid, James Hazeldine

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